doublon

\du.blɔ̃\

/\du.blɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“doublon” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,116. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,116
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément redondant dans un ensemble.

Corpus desk

Index FR-doublon · doublon · French

doublon · rank #46,116 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,116
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH donneras

Nearest frequency peer: donneras (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « doublon »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « doublon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

doublon vs Dublin
57% similar
doublon vs doublons
88% similar
doublon vs double
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for doublon
PropertyValue
Headworddoublon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\du.blɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#46,116
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « doublon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).doublonse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « donneras » (#46,115), « doutaient » (#46,117), « donkey » (#46,114). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « doublon » est au #46,116. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around doublon (IPA \du.blɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,116 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for doublon, with forms such as "ddoublon", "dobulon", and "doubblon". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Dublin", "doublons", "double", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is doublon, spelled D-O-U-B-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément redondant dans un ensemble.
  2. 2
    Chaque mot d'une paire de mots issue d'un même étymon ; chacune des parties d'un doublet.
  3. 3
    Faute qui consiste à composer deux fois de suite un ou plusieurs mots, voire deux ou plusieurs lignes ou phrases.
  4. 4
    Un des animaux nés jumeaux.
  5. 5
    Feuille de tôle pliée en deux et d’une double bande de métal qu’on fait passer au laminoir pour obtenir des lames très minces.
  6. 6
    Animal de ferme âgé de deux ans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how doublon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Avant toute chose, les termes de la liste doivent être uniques, il faut donc la dédupliquer, autrement dit supprimer les doublons de la liste élaborée.
  2. En France, la question de l’articulation, voire du doublon, entre le service Action de la DGSE et les forces placées sous l’autorité du Commandement des opérations spéciales (COS), est régulièrement posée, notamment depuis les interventions françaises au Sahel.

Synonyms

doublefauteerreurdittographie

Antonyms

bourdon

This word in other languages

double(English)doblón(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddoublon
  • dobulon
  • doubblon
  • doubllon
  • doublno
  • doublonn
  • douboln
  • doulbon
  • duoblon
  • odublon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doublon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddoublon1dobulon2doubblon1doubllon1doublno2doublonn1douboln2doulbon2
Edit distance from "doublon"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doublon"?
"doublon" is spelled D-O-U-B-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \du.blɔ̃\.
What does "doublon" mean?
As a noun, "doublon" means: Élément redondant dans un ensemble.
What words are commonly confused with "doublon"?
"doublon" is commonly confused with "Dublin", "doublons", "double". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doublon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doublon" is \du.blɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doublon" come from?
"doublon" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "doublon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dévolus#46,134dallage#46,095Dahomey#46,094empilés#46,138

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

donneras10 variantsdépasses10 variantsentuber10 variantsespérée10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list